I've just been away and I'm heading off again tomorrow. So I have just today in the office to get back up to speed and sort out everything for the next few days. This would be fine and a completely acceptable activity that could fill most of the day. However added to that I still have several big project going on where I have to write reports, work on presentations or crunch numbers for evaluations. Each of these is about a day's work in itself.
So here I am writing a blog instead of getting started. Its all too easy to do this when you have big tasks to tackle. Its very easy to just engage yourself with lots of stuff that seems important and will fill your time, when the really big stuff is still there looming in the background. Its intimidating as you know it might be difficult, it might make you think and have to really knuckle down.
Life is really like that too. You put off making those big decisions, starting to work on your new life plan, working out what you really want out of your life or career as they seem like a big mountain to climb. Or maybe you know what you want but starting to move towards that seems like a big step to take.
So the best thing to do when life is like that is just to do something, anything, however small that takes you one step towards your goal. I have just emailed a client to tell them they will have their report by the end of this week. That's one small step. Now I have read through my spreadsheet of results and as soon as I finish writing this blog I am going to type up a list of sections for the report. Just chipping away at that one bit at a time will get it done.
And as soon as I start working on it I feel much more positive.
So what big stuff are you putting off? What one small thing can you do towards it now? What can be your next step after that?
I've just been away and I'm heading off again tomorrow. So I have just today in the office to get back up to speed and sort out everything for the next few days. This would be fine and a completely acceptable activity that could fill most of the day. However added to that I still have several big project going on where I have to write reports, work on presentations or crunch numbers for evaluations. Each of these is about a day's work in itself.
So here I am writing a blog instead of getting started. Its all too easy to do this when you have big tasks to tackle. Its very easy to just engage yourself with lots of stuff that seems important and will fill your time, when the really big stuff is still there looming in the background. Its intimidating as you know it might be difficult, it might make you think and have to really knuckle down.
Life is really like that too. You put off making those big decisions, starting to work on your new life plan, working out what you really want out of your life or career as they seem like a big mountain to climb. Or maybe you know what you want but starting to move towards that seems like a big step to take.
So the best thing to do when life is like that is just to do something, anything, however small that takes you one step towards your goal. I have just emailed a client to tell them they will have their report by the end of this week. That's one small step. Now I have read through my spreadsheet of results and as soon as I finish writing this blog I am going to type up a list of sections for the report. Just chipping away at that one bit at a time will get it done.
And as soon as I start working on it I feel much more positive.
So what big stuff are you putting off? What one small thing can you do towards it now? What can be your next step after that?